…Foods are 100 percent American grown and produced. Each year, USDA procures more than 200 types of food, including meat, poultry, fish, fruits, vegetables, flour, cereals, and dairy products, totaling…
May Dairy Market Report
The May issue of the NMPF-DMI Dairy Market Report is now available. It says that increased production per cow and expectations for additional milk production growth is dampening the outlook…
View from the Barnyard on the Farm Economy
…on the market outlook for the livestock, dairy and poultry sectors. This was the final hearing in the Focus on the Farm Economy series, where each of the six subcommittees…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…dairy program for the future,” Mooney said of the program, which was developed following the recession-induced dairy price crash seven years ago. The program offers dairy farmers the ability to…
International Trade Commission Report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership will help the US dairy industry compete in international markets, but serious concerns still remain according to a major dairy organization. The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)…
Milk-for-Cheese Pricing Formula Adjustment
…milk production; high levels of dairy product inventories; and, decreased dairy product sales to key import countries. I also realize that manufacturers of California’s dairy products have made significant investments…
USDEC, NMPF Respond to International Trade Commission
USDEC, NMPF Respond to International Trade Commission’s economic impact analysis of Trans-Pacific Partnership Joint statement from Tom Suber, president of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and Jim Mulhern, president and…
Dairy Industry Applauds School Milk Support
Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 Passed House Committee Today Dairy leaders applaud the House Education and Workforce Committee for including key dairy provisions in the Improving Child Nutrition…
Benefits of Farmers’ Markets
…as well as local dairy, grain and protein products so you can build your healthy plate. 7. Farmers often have recommendations for preparing their products.Visit Fruits and Veggies More Matters…
New Cow Milk Benefits Found for Babies
Some recent research looking at specific components in both human milk and dairy milk may make cow milk more enticing for some babies and help drive future dairy growth around…
White House Asked to Challenge WHO Proposal Discouraging Dairy for Children up to Age 3
The U.S. dairy industry urged the White House to challenge a World Health Organization (WHO) proposal that would discourage the consumption of dairy products by young children, advice that contradicts…
Two Sides of TPP
…only does ag need TPP, but the industry needs it very soon. California Congressman and dairy farmer David Valadao agrees. Hear his comments in the audio report above. More on…
Public Service Recognition Week
…know we also help dairy farmers fund, design and install digesters that turn methane emissions from their cows into energy that they can use and even sell back to the…
Strengthen Rural Communities
…and competitiveness of small and medium-sized dairy, poultry, livestock, crop, forestry, and other commodity operations. Small and Medium-Sized Farms: Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, Ala., $480,000 Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala., $480,000…